Bronx River Avenue & Close Avenue

Bronx River Avenue and Close Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Bronx River Trail is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Elder Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elder Av
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Westchester Av/Colgate Av · Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bronx River Avenue & Close Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elder Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Elder Av 6
    1,180 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 6 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Whitlock Av 6
    1,230 feet
    6
  2. Morrison Av-Soundview 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bronx Trees” (2011) by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle at the Elder Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Westchester Av/Colgate Av, 480 feet away, for the Bx4, Bx4A and Bx27.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Westchester Av/Colgate Av Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
    480 feet
    Bx4 Bx4A Bx27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx4 …
  2. Bx4A …
  3. Bx27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Home St & Westchester Ave 21 docks in all
    1,270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway southbound at Morrison Avenue & Bronx River Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1441 Westchester Avenue Gas station
    360 feet
  2. 967 Kelly Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10472
Community board
Bronx Community Board 9
City Council district
17
Police precinct
43
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Princeton' American elm and the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bronx River Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Close Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 4AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Arcadia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Genius Therapy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Tremont Crotona Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tiny Tunes Daycare Evergreen Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starlight Park
    460 feet
  2. Concrete Plant Park
    520 feet
  3. Bronx River Trail Nature area
    1,110 feet
Show all 7
  1. Silos in Concrete Plant Park Park feature
    1,260 feet
  2. Colgate Close Park
    1,270 feet
  3. Daniel Boone Playground
    1,290 feet
  4. Watson Houses Playground
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bronx River Avenue or Close Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.